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Friday, September 30, 2011

JOTWELL: Thomas on White on juries in emerging democracies

The latest essay on the Courts Law Section of JOTWELL is up: In Juries and Emerging Democracies, Suja Thomas (Illinois) reviews Brent T. White's Putting Aside the Rule of Law Myth: Corruption and the Case for Juries in Emerging Democracies. She uses White's arguments about the rule of law in emerging democracies to argue for the continued importance of juries, both in emerging democracies as well as established democracies such as the U.S.